Geekwire's Alan Boyle sat with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as he announced The Expanse would be saved by Amazon Studios at ISDC on May 25. In this article he recounts the event with a number of insights from his perspective.

Amazon entered into talks with Alcon as the model Roci readied for its journey to the stars in #SaveTheExpanse's second appearance in Newsweek featuring comments from Murilo Silva, the organiser of the GoFundMe, who said "We're really a bunch of lunatics! By this time next week we should have our Roci from Space footage!"

The #SaveTheExpanse campaign launched a Gofundme campaign to send model Roci to space. Funding of $4000 was achieved in just three hours with 248 backers. SentIntoSpace offered the campaign a discount as they were fans of the show.

Celebrities joined the #SaveTheExpanse movement, including Will Wheaton, Game of Thrones author George RR Martin, Patton Oswalt, and the astronaut Andreas Mogensen as the petition reached 107,000 signatures.

Alcon responded to the #SaveTheExpanse campaign: "The outpouring of support and enthusiasm from the fans of THE EXPANSE has been remarkable and encouraging. The show’s impassioned fan base, including hundreds of thousands of viewers and the likes of of George R.R. Martin and Patton Oswalt, appear to be as hopeful as we are that this stunning space drama can find a new home on another platform."